which had paper license plates. they think it was following an earlier confrontation at one of hotels. they are checking out state agencies in california, arizona and utah in the search for leads. not too long ago, the coroner's van actually showed up here. they were moving the three bodies that were involved in this that happened because of the gun battle that happened here at in flamingo and las vegas boulevard. >> has this happened before in the area? >> that's a concern for people here the las vegas convention and visitors authority plus police. police reassured the sheriff of the area reassured that las vegas is safe. it's created somewhat of a tourist attraction. there are a lot of folks who have come out to see what's going on to look at this accident. they have heard about it on the news. and they want to see it for themselves. so a lot of pictures being taken here but police say that las vegas is safe and this is just an altercation between two people that got out of control. >> all right.

edward lawrence in las vegas, thank you. we'll have more on this crash's connection to oakland at 6:00. chopper 5 is live over the new span of the bay bridge where a crane collapse has brought critical construction work to a halt. what you see going on now, workers are welding trying to clean up some of that mess from today. kpix 5's linda yee is on treasure island. she has a pretty good view of what happened. linda. >> reporter: yes, i did, allen. what they have done now is removed most of the wreckage but what that crane operator was doing was removing a section of that temporary support. that's the iron work that you see right under the new part of the span. what they were doing, that crane sits on a barge and it had a chunk of that iron work when suddenly it fell over. a witness captured these pictures just as the crane fell. first you see the crane tipping over. in the second image it's gone a twisted heap of metal resting on the barge. it fell as it was removing the

temporary support under the new section of the bridge. >> shocking. it's like wow, what's going on? >> reporter: the marina manager heard a frightening grinding sound. >> just kept going. and by the time i turned around, i noticed one of the cranes was gone and the scaffolding was hanging up on top and it fell on the barge. >> reporter: two cranes have been taking down the temporary supports for several weeks. they were installed years ago to hold up the bridge's super structure during construction. officials are investigating what caused the crane to tip over and whether the new span was damage. >> we do not know how it happened. that's currently being assessed. the important thing is that no one was injured. and nothing ended up in the water and nothing is leaking in the water. >> reporter: does this mean that the whole project is stopped temporarily? >> i believe right now that work has stopped temporarily for today on bridge but it shouldn't have any impact on the work going forward. >> reporter: the weight of the

bridge has already been transferred to the cable system. and the supports are no longer needed. so they are going to be look at safety issues and -- >> absolutely. absolutely. >> reporter: okay. so how long do you think this is going to take? >> again, we do not know how long this will take. >> reporter: as each day happens, they are not going back to work, that will eventually impact -- >> yes, that is true but again, you know, my understanding is that this should not have any significant impact on the work schedule. >> reporter: we just received late word that the preliminary inspection shows there was no structural damage to the bridge. just a little bit of a paint scrape on the new span. they expect that work will continue tomorrow. live at treasure island, linda yee, kpix 5. exactly where did the crane collapse? mobile weather lab and ken bastida are live on the boat in the san francisco bay to show us. ken. >> reporter: we're out here. mobile5 goes anywhere and today we're on the bay. we're going to give you a view

you'll only see on kpix 5. they are cutting up a portion of the crane that fell on the barge. it may be a little confusing for you, so we'll walk through it. the red section that you see the sparks coming off now is the upper section of the crane that came crashing down. just behind that, to the left, is a piece of the work that linda was talking about, the iron work that held up the road. that came crashing down as well on the barge. now, if you pan a little left, alex, you'll see the structure that they use to hold up the work, that yellow piece of steel, that's laying on top of a second barge with the second crane that was involved. now we're going to swing under the bridge and you'll see the original crane that rolled over. there it is. it's laying on top of that barge over there. so three barges involved. two cranes. it's pretty miraculous that that crane didn't come tumbling right off and into the drink. water there is about 50 feet

deep. they have that anchored right now and there are inspectors walking on it. then we'll tilt up, and you can see the falls work that came ripping away. don't know exactly how that happened. and you can they will be researching that. all of this material we are told tonight is going to be pushed over to the caltrans yard in oakland where inspectors will go over it and figure out what happened. nobody hurt but rattled nerves by caltrans people. reporting live from the bay, i'm ken bastida, kpix 5. we want to give you one more look at the section of the bridge involved in the accident. this animation shows what the steel was used for during construction. it was part of what's called the false work that supported the deck as it was being work. once the cables were in place the deck was lifted off that structure. video from today's incident and more you can find on our website, cbssf.com. services were held today for the suisun city girl found

murdered in a fairfield park. 13-year-old genelle conway allen was buried in benicia this afternoon. her body was found dumped in a parking lot at allan witt park this month. her accused killer pled not guilty to rape and murder charges. anthony lamar jones could face the death penalty if convicted. a bay area football coach says he was fired for doing the right thing. and now the ex-head coach is suing st. patrick-st. vincent high school in vallejo. he claimed freshman players told him about sexual hazing between teammates. he was fired because school leaders said he was responsible for the students' actions. his attorney argues cerbone was a scapegoat. >> we believe that ultimately, it was the dean of students, it was the principal, it was the senior administrative staff that was responsible for supervising the kids during that period, which was after school let out but before

football practice began. a school spokesman tells kpix 5 so far the school hasn't been served with the lawsuit. the case could take several months. homemade, fully automatic, assault rifles. an east bay man handed over six of them to police when they arrested him. and he said he made them in his garage. kpix 5's mark sayre is in newark where police acted on a tip about a man making guns. mark. >> reporter: well, allen, this all started as the newark police investigation that's now been turned over to the fbi. this man is facing federal firearms charges and neighbors are stunned. this photo shows newark police at the home on birch street. at the time neighbors say they did not have any idea what was going on. >> when my mom tried coming home there was like a bunch of cops blockading everything. >> reporter: court documents tell a tale of a man building fully automatic homemade assault weapons in his garage. newark police and fbi agents say they seized six guns from

harry lewis' home along with two silencers and ammo magazines. when they asked him why, he said he wanted to see if he could actually build a firearm. >> it was pretty scary. >> reporter: this neighbor says she had no idea what was going on at the home, just a couple of doors down. >> that's pretty crazy. i don't know. he never really bothered anybody. i mean, we never -- other than he was a motorcycle guy so he always was riding his motorcycle. that's about it. >> great neighbor. super caring guy. >> reporter: but another neighbor who says lewis, nicknamed bump, is a vietnam vet who would never hurt anyone. you never felt threatened or worried as a neighbor? >> never, never, never. absolutely not. >> reporter: court documents say lewis was cooperative and handed authorities a bag containing all of the weapons he had made over the past six months. in all, six guns homemade guns in this guy's house.

what do you think? we are afraid now. we don't know. this police is quiet. >> reporter: lewis places one count of possessing a machine gun. he faces 10 years in prison if convicted. in newark, mark sayre, kpix 5. >> a road should be good because we are the best state in the united states. >> our rocky roads getting a bad report card. the reason the golden state is falling behind the rest of the country. >> on the menu but not on the played. your chances of ordering a mislabeled seafood is high. >> another day full of sunshine here in the bay area. temperatures struggled to make it to 60 degrees. find out when we'll cross 60 degrees and find out what we won't be doing weather-wise for the rest of the month. your forecast is coming up. >> dazed and confused. sea lions are showing up on freeways and businesses and other places they shouldn't be.

now researchers have pinpointed what's making them sick and how people can get it too.

for road conditions in a national report released today. kpix 5's anne makovec with why ing potholes, cracks, uneven pavement. california is earning low marks for road conditions in a national report released today. >> kpix 5's anne makovec with why the golden state is falling behind the rest of the country. >> rows are bad, frustrating, need to be fixed. ro the result of a new study didn't come as a surprise to bay area drivers. >> with traffic, potholes, bad. >> reporter: california's roadways are going downhill according to the foundation. for the past two decades the foundation tracked spending per mile on state-owned roads and measured performance analyzing things like conditions, congestion and highway deaths. crammed california was the only

state that didn't improve except in three categories. >> i'm not surprised. >> reporter: according to the study we made improvements in two key areas. reducing fatal accidents and improving our bridges. there was a ceremony today to celebrate the seismic retrofitting of the dumbarton bridge. >> it was very important from an economic standpoint and from the quality of life standpoint of getting people from place to place throughout the bay area and throughout the state. >> reporter: but while california has been spending millions on our important bridges, the roadways suffer. in 1989, 4.1% of our urban interstates were deemed in poor condition but by 2008 it was almost 25%. >> unless the federal government is able to step in and work as a partner, i'm afraid that california is going to fall farther and farther behind. >> reporter: much to drivers' dismay. >> our roads should be good because we are the best state in the united states. >> reporter: anne makovec, kpix 5. that seafood dinner may not be what you ordered. the findings on how often

restaurants mislabel fish. plus -- >> they wandered off don't know how to get back to the ocean. >> confused and out of place, new information about the culprit causing sea lions to get sick. and how people can develop the same illness.

government just handed down new rules for millions of wireless

you have lousy cell phone service? the federal government just handed down new rules for millions of wireless customers who use a signal booster to fix those dead spots. kpix 5 consumerwatch reporter julie watts explains. >> reporter: a cell phone signal booster isn't a luxury, it's a necessity for this person. >> if i got a call the only way to hear and talk to people i would have stand on a chair on the deck and if i lean just right i could have a conversation. >> reporter: thanks to this, the kpix 5 employee can now get a decent signal anywhere in his home. >> all the different data types and three and sometimes four bars. >> reporter: but rules for using these cell phone signal boosters are changing. the devices will soon come with this big yellow warning label explaining the fcc now requires anyone with a signal booster to get permission from their providers. and to register the device, as well. >> the concept is good. >> reporter: utility watchdog

bill nussbaum says it causes interference with cell networks and says consumers shouldn't have to buy them in the first place and they certainly haven't to jump through hoops to use them. >> they are buying the devices because services aren't working. >> reporter: there's nothing to prevent cell phone carriers from charging you another fee once you register the device. >> i would not put it past them. >> reporter: but fee or not, don is just frustrated he may have to jump through another hoop just to make a phone call. >> just one more hassle for something that only gets you back to where you should have been in the first place. >> reporter: so what happens now? well, carriers must first set up the reporting system, then they should notify customer on how to register those devices. the four major carriers have promised to make this registering process easy. remember, if you have a consumer complaint, give us a call 1-888-5-helps-u. fish mislabeling is running rampant in the bay area and across the country. dna testing by a nonprofit group found 58% of northern california restaurants sell fish that's not what it's

described on the menu. sushi restaurants are worse mislabeling fish 76% of the time. buying it yourself is not better. the report says grocery stores in northern california sell mislabeled fish 27% of the time. the fish most commonly mislabeled, snapper and tuna. no way to miss label this weather forecast. just gorgeous. >> we could call it winter. [ laughter ] >> take a peek outside show you what's going on. it's another day with sunshine and a little breeze. feels like winter out there temperature-wise but when it comes to a lack of rainfall, we have had only 2 rainy days for the month of february. san jose in the background where you're currently in the mid-50s. 56 for you. 56 in downtown san francisco. good afternoon to you in

oakland. you're at 60. tied with santa rosa concord 58. kpix 5 high-def doppler radar is crystal clear. anything but for other parts of the country. take a listen. [ thundersnow ] that's thundersnow. wichita, kansas. they have such unstable air and cold air that it is snowing in the middle of a thunderstorm. a rare occurrence but it's going on in other parts of the country. for us mid-30s. fairfield 35, concord 37, san rafael tomorrow 37. low 40s for san francisco, oakland and san jose. let's talk about what's going on because this is quite an interesting setup in the atmosphere. high pressure is off to the west. once again, blocking all the systems. this time they are really close. we are going to see heavy rainfall north of the california oregon border but it's close but not here. take a look at these rainfall totals that you're going to

see. 0 for us. all of the rain stays to the north. we likely will stay dry for another week which is the rest of february. and may not see our next rainfall until the top of next month. this is futurecast on an entirely west coast scale here. all of western washington more than three inches of rainfall. much of western oregon more than three inches of rainfall. they are not sharing with us. not a drop of rain for the bay area coming up over the next five to seven days. so plenty of rain to the north but we are going to stay dry into march and highs will be very close to average, which is the low 60s. like tomorrow, concord 61. san jose 62. 62 los altos. low 60s in fremont and hayward. walnut creek you will hit 61. pleasanton 60. vallejo 60. another sunny day in san rafael rafael. san francisco 59. low 60s across the board through the middle of next week. these are the final seven days of february and there is not one drop of rain. great to get outside. not the best for a rainfall deficit. >> it's hard to complain about

it. but -- >> running out of time. >> let's just enjoy it. >> okay. thank you. disoriented wandering sea lions are showing up on freeways and in businesses. the new clues to what's making them sick next.

in new york. scott -- " " 's something we' now for a look at what's ahead on the "cbs evening news." >> scott pelley is in new york. scott. >> reporter: hi, allen and liz. great to be with you in san francisco. which way is unemployment headed? tonight we are headed to california to find out. there is real progress for some of those who have suffered with unemployment the most. we'll have the story tonight on the "cbs evening news" at 5:30 right after kpix 5 news. it's something we have seen a lot of since the late 1990s, confused sea lions wandering into places where sea lions shouldn't be. >> now bay area scientists are tracking down the culprit right

to the very base of the food chain. >> call the person we have a sea lion. >> reporter: they have wandered into businesses, the oakland airport, even across highway 101. >> i swear i'm not drinking or doing drugs but there's a sea lion on the freeway. >> reporter: at marine mammal center in sausalito they are all too familiar with confused sea lions, suffering with toxic algae poisoning. >> distinctive head bobbing. >> reporter: over in tiburon researchers are learning more about what's causing it. >> this is where it all starts for these single celled phytoplankton. >> reporter: the perfectly natural usually harmless organisms that cause algae blooms big enough to be seen from space and all it takes is sunlight, carbon dioxide and nitrogen to make the stuff. >> natural nitrate that you get off the cost here or from pollutants from excess agricultural runoff, excess

fertilizers not used by the plants, say strawberries in monterey county, it's flushed into the ocean. >> reporter: that's fuel for potentially toxic algae. >> they can grow just as well on the pollutant forms as the natural forms of nitrogen. >> reporter: from there, it's up the food chain. small fish eat the algae. sea lions ee a lot of small fish. when too much toxin is passed along -- >> they wander up. they don't know how to get back to the ocean. >> reporter: the same thing happens in the rare cases when those toxins build up in people. >> they are totally fine in every other aspect but can't remember where they park their car. >> reporter: it's a complicated equation from chemistry to biology and we are just starting to understand how it works and how we might be adjusting potentially dangerous variables. >> we have to learn how the whole ecosystem works and how do the natural environmental factors interact with unnatural factors to either allow greater

growth or more toxic growth. we can't ignore the very, very beginning of the food chain.

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information on that wild shoot out on the las vegas strip. kpix 5 has learned it was an aspiring oakland rapper, who was targeted and killed. we'll have th as clocks, we are developing more information on the wild shooting on the las vegas strip. it was an aspiring oakland rapper who was targeted and killed. we are going to have the first reaction to his death. and it's a $100 million price tag -- if it's not enough to scare you off, the unusual

catch to move into this bay area mansion. those stories and more tonight at 6:00. >> thank you for watching. the "cbs evening news with scott pelley" is next. >> the latest news and weather are always on cbssf.com. captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com >> pelley: tonight, one of the deadliest attacks in the civil war, a bomb explodes at the syrian dictator's seat of power. clarissa ward is with syrian christians persecuted at the point of a gun. the midwest is hit by snow and deafening thunder. meteorologist chris suchan on the sound and fury of thunder snow. which way is unemployment headed? there's real progress for those who have suffered the most. ben tracy reports from los angeles. >> i still see that we're in a deep recession. >> pelley: and seth doane with a lesson in the ultimate sacrifice. high schoolers meet the families of fallen heroes.

>> instead of just memorizing it, they learn to feel history to feel what america's all about. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. to the syrian dictator bashar al-assad, it must feel like damascus is shrinking. today, three massive bombs tore through the heart of the city near the soul of his reign. the largest detonated outside the headquarters of assad's ruling political party. at least 53 were found dead, mangled bodies amid blazing wreckage. the other two bombs exploded outside offices of assad's feared intelligence agency killing another 22. rebels also claimed today that their mortar rounds hit the army's central command building. damascus, the capital, was the last city to mostly hold the vicious war at bay. the rebellion began nearly two